Komakon]; Rook (In Chess); Aranie; Erculin And Vair; Miskal. - - (Of Proper Names), Curd; Dzungaria; Chingintalas; Cambuscan; Oirad; Kungurat; Manzi; Bayan;

Kinsay; Japan; Sornau; Narkandam; Ceylon; Ma'bar; Chilaw; Mailapur; Sonagarpattanam; Punnei-Kayal, Kayal; Kollam (Coilum); Hili (Ely); Cambaet; Mangla and Nebila;

Socotra; Colesseeah; Caligine; Aijaruc; Nemej. - - Chinese. Etzina. Eunuchs, procured from Bengal. Euphrates, said to flow into the Caspian. Euphratesia. Euxine, see Black Sea. Evelyn's Diary. Execution of Princes of the Blood, mode of. Eyircaya.

Facen, Dr. J. Faghfur (Facfur, Emperor of Southern China), meaning of title; his effeminate diversions; decay of his palace. Faizabad in Badakhshan. Fakanur. Fakata. Fakhruddin Ahmad, Prince of Hormuz. Falconers, Kublai's. Falcons, of Kerman, Saker and Lanner; peregrine; Kublai's. Famine, horrors. Fanchan, P'ingchang, title of a second class Cabinet Minister. Fanchan Lake. Fan-ching, siege of. Fandaraina. Fang, see Squares. Fansur, in Sumatra, kingdom of. Fansuri camphor. Fan Wen-hu, or Fan-bunko, a General in Japanese Expedition. Fariab, or Pariab. Faro of Constantinople. Farriers, none in S. India. Fars, province. Fashiyah, Atabeg dynasty. Fassa. Fasting days, Buddhist. Fattan, in Ma'bar. Fatten, 'Ali Shah. Fausto, Vettor, his Quinquereme. Fazl, Ibn Hassan (Fazluieh-Hasunieh). Feili, Lurs dynasty. Female attendants on Chinese Emperors. Ferlec, in Sumatra, kingdom of (Parlak), Hill people. Fernandez, or Moravia, Valentine. Ferrier, General. Festivals, Order of the Kaan's. Fiag, or Pog River. Ficus Vasta. Fidawi, Ismailite adepts. Filial Piety in China. Filippi, Professor F. de, Silk industry in Ghilan. Finn. Fiordelisa, daughter of younger Maffeo Polo. - - supposed to be Nicolo Polo's second wife. - - wife of Felice Polo. Firando Island. Firdus, Ismailite Castle. Firdusi. Fire, affected by height of Pamir Plain, regulations at Kinsay. Fire-baptism, ascribed to Abyssinians. Fire-Pao (cannon?). Fire-worship, or rockets, in Persia, by the Sensin in Cathay. Firishta, the historian. Fish miracle in Georgia, in the Caspian; and date diet; supply at Kinsay; food for cattle; stored for man and beast. Fish-oil, used for rubbing ships. Florin, or ducat. Flour (Sago), trees producing. Flueckiger, Dr. Fog, dry. Fo-kien, see Fu-chau. Folin (Byzantine Empire). Fondaco. Foot-mark on Adam's Peak, q.v.. Foot-posts in Cathay. Forg. Formosa, Plain (Harmuza). Forsyth, Sir T. Douglas. Fortune, R. Foundlings, provision for. Four-horned sheep. Fowls with hair. Foxes, black. Fozlan, Ibn. Fra terre (Interior). Fracastoro, Jerome. Franciscan converts, in Volga region at Yang-chau; Zayton. Francolin (darraj of the Persians), black partridge. Frankincense, see Incense. Frederic II., Emperor, his account of the Tartars; story of implicit obedience; his cheetas; his leather money; his giraffe. French, the original language of Polo's Book; its large diffusion in that age. French Expedition up the Kamboja River. Frenchmen, riding long like. French mission and missionaries in China. Frere charnel. Frere, Sir B. Froissart. Fu-chau (Fo-kien, Fuju), paper-money at; wild hill people of; its identity; language of; tooth relique at. Fuen (Fen) ho River. Funeral rites, Chinese, in Tangut; of the Kaans; at Kinsay. (See also Dead.). Fungul, city of. Furs, of the Northern Regions. Fusang, Mexico (?). Fuyang. Fuzo, see Fu-chau.

Gabala, Bishop of. Gagry, maritime defile of.

Gaisue, officer of Kublai's Mathematical Board. Galeasse, Venetian gallery. Galingale. Galletti, Marco. Galleys of the Middle Ages, war, arrangement of rowers; number of oars; dimensions; tactics in fight; toil in rowing; strength and cost of crew; staff of fleet; Joinville's description of; customs of. Galley-slaves not usual in Middle Ages. Gambling, prohibited by Kublai. Game, see Sport. Game Laws, Mongol. Game, supplied to Court of Cambaluc. Ganapati Kings. Gandar, Father. Gandhara, Buddhist name for Yun-nan. Ganfu, port of Kinsay. Ganja, gate of. Gan-p'u. Gantanpouhoa, Kublai's son. Gantur. Gardenia, fruit and dyes. Gardiner's (misprinted Gardner's) Travels. Gardner, C. Garmsir, Ghermseer (Cremesor), Hot Region. Garnier, Lieut. Francis (journey to Talifu). Garrisons, Mongol, in Cathay and Manzi, disliked by the people. Garuda. Gate of Iron, ascribed to Derbend. Gates, of Kaan's palace, of Cambaluc; of Somnath. Gat-pauls, Gatopaul, Gatos-paulas. Gatto maimone. Gauenispola Island. Gaur (Bos Gaurus, etc.). Gauristan. Gavraz villages. Gazaria. Gedrosi. Gelath in Imeretia, Iron Gate at. Geliz, Spanish for silk dealer. Genealogy of Polos, errors as given by Barbaro, etc., in; tabular; of House of Chinghiz. Genoa, Polo's captivity at. - - and Pisa, rivalry, and wars of. - - and Venice, rivalry and wars of. Genoese, their growth in skill and splendour, character as seamen by poet of their own; character by old Italian author; capture of Soldaia; their navigation of the Caspian; trade in box-wood; their merchants at Tabriz; in Fo-kien. Gentile Plural names converted into local singulars. Geographical Text of Polo's Book constantly quoted, its language; proofs that it is the original; tautology; source of other texts. George (Jirjis, Yurji, Gurgan), king of Tenduc, of the time of Prester John; a possible descendant of. Georgia (Georgiana), beauty of, and its inhabitants; their kings. Gerfalcons (Shonkar); tablets engraved with. Gerini, Colonel. German Follower of the Polos. Ghaissuddin Balban (Asedin Soldan), Sultan of Delhi. Gharan country, ruby mines in. Ghazan (Casan) Khan of Persia, son of Arghun, his regard for the Polos; marries the Lady Kukachin; his mosque at Tabriz; set to watch the Khorasan frontier; obtains the throne; his object and accomplishments. Ghel, or Ghelan (Ghel-u-chelan), Sea of, Caspian Sea. Ghelle (Gili), silk of the Gil province. Ghes, or Kenn (formerly Kish or Kais). Ghez tree. Ghiuju. Ghiyas ed-din, last Prince of Kurd dynasty. Ghori, or Aksarai River. Ghuls, goblins. Ghur. Giglioli, Professor H. Gil, or Gilan, province. Gilgit. Gill, Captain (River of Golden Sand). Ginao, Mt. and Hot Springs. Gindanes of Herodotus. Ginger, Shan-si; Caindu; alleged to grow in Kiangnan; Fuju; Coilum; different qualities and prices of; Ely; Malabar; Guzerat. Giraffes, mediaeval notices of. Girardo, Paul. Girdkuh, an Ismailite fortress, its long defence. Girls, consecrated to idols in India. Gittarchan, see Astrakhan. Glaza (Ayas, q.v.). Gleemen and jugglers, conquer Mien. Goa. Gobernador, Straits of. Goes, Benedict. Gog and Magog (Ung and Mungul), legend of; rampart of; country of; name suggested by Wall of China. Gogo. Goitre at Yarkand. Golconda diamond mines. Gold, Frankincense, and Myrrh, their mystic meaning. Gold dust in Tibet, exchanged for salt in Caindu; Brius River; in Kin-shia-Kiang; and nuggets in Carajan; abundant in Yun-nan; Caugigu; Coloman; infinite in Chipangu; in Sea of Chin Islands; dust in Gulf of Cheinan Islands; not found in Java; in Locac; the Malayo-Siamese territories; Sumatra; vast accumulations in South India; imported into Malabar; and into Cambay; purchased in Socotra. Gold and silver towers of Mien. - - cloths of.

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